Irshad: An Evening of Poetic Passion
Poetry As Sanctuary – A monthly column where poets from the Poetry of Diaspora of Silicon Valley pen their South Asian experiences. Poetry of Diaspora in Sil
Aarti Johri
The Indomitable Begum Hazrat Mahal -1820–1879
Begum Hazrat Mahal was the last of the official queens of the kingdom of Avadh, or “Oudh” as known to the British imperialists, a large province in northern
Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary Woman
Rani Laxmibai, the queen of Jhansi and the widow of Gungadhar Rao, was no ordinary woman. She was born into a Brahmin family who pledged alliance to the Maratha
